THE FOUNDATIONS

THE story of the Tower of Babel, as told
in the ninth chapter of the Book of
Genesis, runs as follows :-

It is the story of a community that
broke up, and of which the scattered
and isolated elements developed their
own distinctive dialects, so that they no
longer were understandable to one another.
It is also a reminder of the power which
unity of language confers on all who
speak it, and a useful parable for our
own guidance. For we-the English­
speaking people scattered over the face
of the Earth-run the risk of a similar
confusion unless we take steps to check
the disruptive tendencies to which all
languages are subject when their speakers
become isolated from one another.